Camping- We're recommending riders use the Wigwams at Newmill Farm, and although they've said that its possible for a few vans and tents, clearly they'd prefer people use their wigwams. Please call them and book your place though.
Linky here
There's only two wigwams left, it would be nice to see these booked!
There is a campsite very close to the track at Inver, but the owners aren't willing to have anyone other than family groups so don't even bother!
Track 1 is 99% finished and looking good- those who were at the last event in 2005 or have seen the video on Facebook will remember the singletrack section- 7 years has passed since then and the track is now very grassy, but the original surface has bedded down really well underneath. This means that it should ride well even if it rains...The big changes we've made are that the big northshore drop is now a bridge, and we've rebuilt the double banking back onto the forest road so we can get rid of the northshore we had there last time round.
This wasn't so easy, as the flat section is an old ditch and holds more water than we could ever drain (thats why there was a raised northshore last time), so we had to build up with layers of stones and gravel...There's another ditch at the bottom, which was bridged by northshore last time- again this time we went for a culvert with drainage pipes covered in stone and gravel giving a much easier run out onto the road
The grass was pretty long too, so Allan's been busy with the strimmer, cutting a wide track from top to bottom...
And a new line was cleared just before the banking, allowing a longer run out from the bridge and a shallower run onto the banking...
And finally thanks to Tunnocks for donating some top Scottish rider fuel for race day...
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